Patents by Inventor Thomas Schüller

Thomas Schüller has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11287078
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for producing a double-walled pipe (1) and a pipe (1) of this type, having an outer pipe (3) which is press-fitted with an inner pipe (2) consisting of a corrosion-resistant alloy, wherein an adhesive (4) is inserted at least in regions between the outer pipe (3) and the inner pipe (2), wherein, after adhering the inner pipe (2) with the outer pipe (3), the inner pipe (2) and the adhesive layer (4) are removed at the pipe ends, and the inner side of the outer pipe (3) is plated via an integral connection with the inner pipe (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: H. Butting GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Thomas Schüller
  • Publication number: 20200309310
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for producing a double-walled pipe (1) and a pipe (1) of this type, having an outer pipe (3) which is press-fitted with an inner pipe (2) consisting of a corrosion-resistant alloy, wherein an adhesive (4) is inserted at least in regions between the outer pipe (3) and the inner pipe (2), wherein, after adhering the inner pipe (2) with the outer pipe (3), the inner pipe (2) and the adhesive layer (4) are removed at the pipe ends, and the inner side of the outer pipe (3) is plated via an integral connection with the inner pipe (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Thomas SCHÜLLER
  • Patent number: 10718462
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for producing a double-walled pipe (1) and a pipe (1) of this type, hating an outer pipe (3) which is press-fitted with an inner pipe (2) consisting of a corrosion-resistant alloy, wherein an adhesive (4) is inserted at least in regions between the outer pipe (3) and the inner pipe (2), wherein, after adhering the inner pipe (2) with the outer pipe (3), the inner pipe (2) and the adhesive layer (4) are removed at the pipe ends, and the inner side of the outer pipe (3) is plated via an integral connection with the inner pipe (2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: H. Butting GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schüller
  • Publication number: 20180313490
    Abstract: The application relates to a method for producing a double-walled pipe (1) and a pipe (1) of this type, hating an outer pipe (3) which is press-fitted with an inner pipe (2) consisting of a corrosion-resistant alloy, wherein an adhesive (4) is inserted at least in regions between the outer pipe (3) and the inner pipe (2) wherein, after adhering the inner pipe (2) with the outer pipe (3), the inner pipe (2) and the adhesive layer (4) are removed at the pipe ends, and the inner side of the outer pipe (3) is plated via an integral connection with the inner pipe (2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Inventor: Thomas SCHÜLLER
  • Patent number: 8894327
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling or unreeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized in a two-stage pressurizing process, and then the length of pipeline is reeled or unreeled, as the case may be. In the first stage of the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure, and in the second stage the fluid pressure is raised to a higher pressure, which may be 25 bars or more, absolute.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • Patent number: 8876433
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized by deploying a single sealing pig within the pipeline near to the trailing end of the pipeline and applying pressurized fluid within the pipeline, and then the length of pipeline is reeled onto a storage reel. In the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure within a range defined by a lower limit of 5 bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Subsea 7 Limited
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • Patent number: 8668488
    Abstract: A process for the combustion of a liquid in a combustion chamber includes atomizing liquid sulfur using a rotary atomizer and introducing the liquid sulfur into the combustion chamber. The liquid sulfur is charged onto an inside of a cup. The cup is rotated so as to form a liquid film on the inside of the cup and so that parts of the liquid film are radially flung off from an edge of the cup edge into the combustion chamber. The rotational speed of the cup is varied so as to control a thickness of the liquid film in the cup to between 200 and 1000 ?m. The liquid sulfur is evaporated and subsequently burnt in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: Outotec Oyj, Saacke GmbH
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Daum, Wolfram Schalk, Jean Claude Hein, Thomas Schueller, Ludwig Emich, Bernhard Rieger, Dieter Sterner, Johann-Peter Arning
  • Publication number: 20140004034
    Abstract: A process for the combustion of a liquid in a combustion chamber includes atomizing liquid sulfur using a rotary atomizer and introducing the liquid sulfur into the combustion chamber. The liquid sulfur is charged onto an inside of a cup. The cup is rotated so as to form a liquid film on the inside of the cup and so that parts of the liquid film arc radially flung off from an edge of the cup edge into the combustion chamber. The rotational speed of the cup is varied so as to control a thickness of the liquid film in the cup to between 200 and 1000 ?m. The liquid sulfur is evaporated and subsequently burnt in the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Applicants: SAACKE GMBH, OUTOTEC OYJ
    Inventors: Karl-Heinz Daum, Wolfram Schalk, Jean Claude Hein, Thomas Schueller, Ludwig Emich, Bernhard Rieger, Dieter Sterner, Johann-Peter Arning
  • Publication number: 20130034390
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized by deploying a single sealing pig within the pipeline near to the trailing end of the pipeline and applying pressurized fluid within the pipeline, and then the length of pipeline is reeled onto a storage reel. In the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure within a range defined by a lower limit of 5 bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • Publication number: 20120269581
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for reeling or unreeling a pipeline having an inner corrosion-resistant metallic liner that is tightly fitted within the pipeline. To minimize or avoid wrinkling of the liner during the reeling or unreeling, a length of the pipeline is internally pressurized in a two-stage pressurizing process, and then the length of pipeline is reeled or unreeled, as the case may be. In the first stage of the pressurizing process, the length of the pipeline is filled with fluid at an elevated pressure, and in the second stage the fluid pressure is raised to a higher pressure, which may be 25 bars or more, absolute.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Inventors: John Arthur Mair, Thomas Schüller, Gernold Holler, Friedrich Henneicke, Joachim Banse
  • Patent number: 7040941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel propulsion system and, more specifically, to a vessel propulsion system with improved efficiency and which leads to reduced wave formation, which comprises a propulsion device immersed at least partially in water and which rotates about at least one axis of rotation essentially extending perpendicularly to the propulsion device, as well as a cover partially enclosing the propulsion device, whereby the cover and the propulsion device together form a water conveying flow channel when the propulsion device is operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Assignee: Schmitt Kugelantriebe GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Schueller
  • Publication number: 20060046587
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a vessel propulsion system and, more specifically, to a vessel propulsion system with improved efficiency and which leads to reduced wave formation, which comprises a propulsion device immersed at least partially in water and which rotates about at least one axis of rotation essentially extending perpendicularly to the propulsion device, as well as a cover partially enclosing the propulsion device, whereby the cover and the propulsion device together form a water conveying flow channel when the propulsion device is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2003
    Publication date: March 2, 2006
    Inventor: Thomas Schueller